Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionA comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what nanotechnology is and how it will revolutionize life in the future. The world's leading expert in the field, Drexler also examines the spectacular accomplishments that might result from a breakthrough: elimination of disease and pollution. 20 illustrations. |
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Page 137
... Once the power is used , it turns back into heat , which has to go somewhere . So the heat rises from their cooling tower instead of the road , and the energy does useful work on the way . Some products , like rocket engines , are made ...
... Once the power is used , it turns back into heat , which has to go somewhere . So the heat rises from their cooling tower instead of the road , and the energy does useful work on the way . Some products , like rocket engines , are made ...
Page 205
... Once polio was fre- quent and incurable , today it is easily prevented . Syphilis once caused steady physical decline leading to insanity and death ; now NANOMEDICINE 205.
... Once polio was fre- quent and incurable , today it is easily prevented . Syphilis once caused steady physical decline leading to insanity and death ; now NANOMEDICINE 205.
Page 239
... once available only to kings and the high nobility . Yet owning multiple suits of clothes , having personal portraits of ourselves and family members , having music upon our command , having a personal bed- room , and having a coach ...
... once available only to kings and the high nobility . Yet owning multiple suits of clothes , having personal portraits of ourselves and family members , having music upon our command , having a personal bed- room , and having a coach ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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